I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Only Jono is mine. This is the third part to Life Contract I and II. If you have not read them yet, I ask that you do so now as some parts of this will not make sense.

Part One

"Catch me if you can, Seto," a preteen boy with brown-blond hair and brown eyes laughed as he darted around to avoid the hands of his best friend, a future priest of Atem's court.

Seto grinned as he chased the boy. "I'll get you yet, Jono," he retorted. He then laughed as did Jono as they chased and ran in their village, carefree and happy.

Seto's eyes snapped open and focused on the stone ceiling of his Soul Room, his dream fading away. He sighed. I haven't thought of Jono for so long and I know why I am now: Because of Joey. He looks so similar to Jono that they could be two souls that belong together like Kaiba and me.

"What's that about me?" came Kaiba's telepathic voice.

Seto blinked at his partner's sudden question before saying, "I was just thinking about the two of us being together."

"Well of course we are. Heh, hard to believe we weren't getting along months ago considering we're friends now."

"Indeed and speaking of friends, I just had another dream about my best friend, Jono."

"What happened to him?" Kaiba sounded genuinely interested.

"He survived the destruction of my village and resided in the pharaoh's kingdom. He died when Bakura attacked my father and was being chased by Atem. Technically, Bakura's Diabound killed him."

"I am sorry about that."

"Thanks. However, hanging out with your friend, Joey-,"

"Wheeler is not my friend."

"Right, sorry. Anyway, hanging out with him is like being with Jono. He even looks similar."

"How nice," Kaiba said sarcastically.

"Kaiba? As it's Saturday tomorrow, could I take over? Just tomorrow?"

"You can. I have a budget plan I need to work on and my Soul Room would be the perfect place to work on it in peace."

"Oh? Can't get that peace?"

"As it's dinnertime right now, obviously not."

"Ah. All right, well I'll see you in the morning." Seto ended the link and picked up his journal and a pen. He had been writing his modern world experiences, thoughts, and dreams since his first weekend out months ago. His entries were written in English instead of hieroglyphs and provided a nice transition between his old life and his new one. He began to write about his dream, his thoughts of Joey and Jono's similarities, and his pondering of whether the two were souls that belonged together or whether Jono was reincarnated as Joey. "Either way, I plan to hang out with Joey and perhaps the others tomorrow," he wrote before closing the journal, putting it aside, and going back to sleep. Oh, yes. I love spending time with Joey. So much like my friend, he thought as he fell asleep.

Upstairs in Kaiba's bedroom, the Millennium Rod glowed brightly and briefly before fading.

Joey opened his eyes to find himself in a long hallway. On his left was an open door that contained items of his favorite things and people. There was a duel disk with a deck in it lying on a desk, a comfy bed, pictures of either his favorite Duel Monster or his friends and his sister, and a bookshelf of books. Opposite the open door was a closed metal door with an eye on it that looked like the one Joey had seen on Yugi's Puzzle.

"Where am I?" he muttered to himself, his voice echoing in the hallway.

"Hello? Who's out there?" called a voice like his own from behind the closed door.

Joey approached the closed door. "My name's Joey. Who are you?"

"I'm Jono. I'm your other half or so I'm told. You and I are two souls that belong together until you die."

Joey reeled at this news. He had another half like Yugi and Kaiba? Oh, boy. I don't know if I need anyone to know about this. Well, maybe Yugi and the gang should know.

"Uh, Joey? Do you think you could open my door? I cannot as there's no handle on my side."

"Uh, sure. Okay." Joey pushed down and opened the door. The sound of a phone ringing came up from the hall. "Oh, gotta go, Jono. We'll talk later." Joey left before getting a look at his counterpart who stepped into the hall, looking around.

He awoke in the real world, rolled over, and picked up the phone receiver. "Hello?"

"Morning, Joey," came a familiar mature voice.

Joey sat up. "Seto! Kaiba let you take over again, huh?"

"He did. He said he needed peace to work on a budget plan. I was wondering if we could hang out today, just you and me. I only have today to get out and about."

"Oh, well okay. How about we meet at that coffee shop you like in say thirty minutes?"

"Sounds good to me. See you there." Seto hung up and headed out to meet his friend.

Joey hung up and quickly started getting ready to meet Seto. Unknown to him, Jono was exploring his Soul Room, trying to understand this new world he had been placed in. He knew why he was here in Joey's mind, but saw no reason for it, save that Joey was his other half; a partner.

He looked through a book, but didn't understand a word. He replaced it, shaking his head. I need Joey's help to understand his language. He examined the pictures, not recognizing them or their names until he came across a picture of a tall brunette man with blue eyes.

Jono's brown eyes widened. Whoa, he could pass for Seto's twin only his skin's not tanned. He's clearly a friend of Joey's. I wonder who he is. Well, I have to wait for Joey to come back to talk like he said he would.

Seto sipped his tea as he listened to Joey talk about anything he wanted even if Seto already knew some of it. He related his sister's recent visit and when he started in on Duel Monsters, Seto eagerly talked about the game, making comments about magic or trap cards and noticing combos that could be devastating.

"Wow," Joey said as Seto finished laying out a three-card combo. "You really know your stuff."

"Well, digging around in the mind of a gamer helps."

Joey chuckled. "You are so different from Kaiba."

"How so? I'm just as dedicated to Kaiba Corp and Mokuba."

"Yeah, but I find it easy to talk to you and you don't insult me like Kaiba does."

"Ah, I see. Kaiba doesn't consider you a friend, but I do. I like hanging out with you. You remind me so much of my best friend back in Egypt."

"I do? What was his name?" Joey started to take a drink.

"Jono."

Joey almost spit out his tea. That was the name of the guy in his mind! He swallowed his tea with difficulty. "He would look like me, right?"

"The same eyes, but more brown-blond hair. You also have the same friendly attitude and joy of life."

Joey smiled at the comments while wondering if the one in him was Seto's friend. Only one way to find out.